高清DVD格式之大比拼 HD-DVD & Blue Ray

By now you may have heard of a brewing¹ war in the high-tech² world between the next generation of DVD players, and joining us now to talk about them is Brian Cooley, editor-at-large with CNET. So, Brian, identify the two players for us. First of all...

Here they are, Daniel, the first, high-definition disc players in the world, over here we have in the HD-DVD format³, the Toshiba HDA1, and over here in the Blue-ray format, the Samsung BDP1000, but they're both to do the same thing – they give you a high-resolution movie on the screen.

So you obviously have to have an HDTV, first of all, in order (Absolutely!) to see this format. And what about the price? One is a little more expensive than the other?

Big difference. 500 dollars for this initial HD player, 1000 dollars for this initial Blue-ray player. Now the Blue-ray player's a little more sophisticated piece, they've chosen to go into a more video file-rich product. This one is a little more basic in its abilities. But we are not talking about core functions, so they both get the job done. One difference is, this format HD-DVD may not give you the extra features in high-definition, just the main movie, whereas Blue-ray has sufficient capacity to give you everything in high-definition on the disc.

All right. Now, what about in terms of the selection of movies? (Her he) You can't (Yeah) get every movie on both players. Right?

You can almost...you can barely get anything on either player. A few dozen titles for each, that's all we've got in the near future. We need to see thousands of titles come out before we can decide if this is for real, and we need to see one of these formats⁴ win. I will hold off till early 07 when hopefully there will be some new player models at lower prices, a lot more titles, and maybe some clarity as to which of these formats is going to win because a format war dissuades⁵ consumers.

Alright. We'll have to keep our eye on them. Brian Cooley, editor-at-large with CNET. Thanks so much.

You are welcome.

1 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

2 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

3 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

4 formats   

n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）

参考例句：

• They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网

5 dissuades   

劝（某人）勿做某事，劝阻( dissuade的第三人称单数 )

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